What's your goal in system setup?


What type of audiophile are you?

Type I
Simply just want to listen to good music and don't care much about system

Type II
Like good music but pay a lot of attention in detail. Try to build a nice sound system with different component matching

Type III
Like good music and good system. Pay a lot more attention on why things sound sound different from one component to another. Try to understand more in detail in terms of acoustics and electronics and how everything works.

Type IV
Similar to type III. Try to tweak and build each component from AC power stuff, CD player mod, amp and preamp mod, cables, stands... etc.

Is there any catagory I missed?
s23chang

Showing 1 response by jax2

Type A

Has the unrelenting need to categorize, alphabetize, neatly box up, and otherwise arrange virtually everything from music to interconnects to amplifiers, into a finite hierarchy built like an impenetrable stone wall that protects the sanctity of their righteousness like a chastity belt. Will defend same personal hierarchy as if god him/herself has bestowed his/her personal decree on the individual to be the messenger of all things acoustic to the rest of the world, pointing out the grave error of the misguided ways of others in similar pursuits. Spreads this holy word of righteousness and ultimate salvation on audio chat groups and to whoever else may lend an ear at a party or social gatherings, by endlessly puking up a rainbow of such timeless pearls of wisdom as, "...The PsychoAcoustic Research XB-17 II blows the doors off the competition and will embarass components five times the retail cost". Believes the "absolute sound" actually exists and can be measured and judged in absolute terms by scientific instruments, golden ears, reading tea leaves, phases of the moon, and or the shape of one's bowel movement on any given day. Believes if a tree falls in a forrest, and there is no one arround to hear it, that it does not make a noise, and wasn't worth listening to anyway unless, of course, it is available on 180 grm Vinyl or SACD.

Type B

Pretty much everyone else.

Type A/B (sub-cat. II)

Wise-asses like myself who like to make fun of Type A in hypocritical formats like this.

Marco